Superhero Bits: Anthony Ramos Confirms Ironheart Role, Doctor Strange Director Praises Sequel Trailer & More

If you like Batman and aliens, DC Comics has the story for you! The publisher has announced "Batman: Fortress," a brand new miniseries from the minds of Gary Whitta ("Rogue One: A Star Wars Story") and Darick Robertson ("The Boys"). It sounds like it's going to be a wild ride, bringing invaders to Earth while Superman is mysteriously nowhere to be found. The logline reads as follows:

When an unknown alien ship enters Earth's atmosphere, disrupting global power and communications and plunging the planet into chaos, the world is left wondering...where is Superman when he is needed most? In the mysterious absence of the Last Son of Krypton, Batman must rally the rest of the Justice League to counter the alien threat...but first, he must quell a crime wave on the blacked-out streets of Gotham!

So there's whole lot going on there. We'll see how the story begins when "Batman: Fortress" #1 kicks off the eight-issue run on May 24.

Kit Harrington entered the MCU as Dane Whitman in last year's "Eternals," but we never got to see him go full-on Black Knight. The movie did tee up that ball leading fans to assume Marvel Studios has plans for the actor. Well, in an interview with "The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show," Harrington seems like he genuinely has no idea what the future holds for him in regards to the MCU. The actor said:

"No, not that I know of. It sounds like a very political answer. It's exciting for me. The last film... it kind of sets an idea up that I might go further, so I'm hoping. But I think whenever you're answering questions about these things, people point at you and say 'liar' as if you know more than other people. I have no idea. I genuinely don't. I'm waiting for a call on it at some point."

It would seem highly unlikely for this thread to never be pulled again, so it's really a matter of when – not if – we see Harrington as the Black Knight. Though he doesn't seem to know the answer to the question of when, we're bound to find out sometime down the line.

"Spider-Man: No Way Home" is, without hyperbole, one of the biggest movies of all time. Just a massive movie in every sense of the word. Benedict Cumberbatch reprised his role as Doctor Strange in the movie and initially doubted Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige when he said that the future of cinema was on the line with this one. Speaking to Empire, Cumberbatch said the following:

"I think when Kevin Feige first said, 'We'll know about the future of cinema, or the cinemagoing experience, after this film,' I was like, 'Okay, everyone's drinking too much of the Kool-Aid around here. My ignorance was showed up."

Feige is a man who has proved time and time again that he understands moviegoers in a big way. In this case, he was extremely right as "No Way Home" has passed "Avatar" at the domestic box office and now sits pretty with a total of more than $1.8 billion worldwide. Needless to say, Feige wasn't overstating the matter.

The MCU owes a lot to Scott Derrickson, the director of "Doctor Strange," who helped to usher in what has become a crucial corner of the MCU. Derrickson, unfortunately, didn't return to direct "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" due to creative differences, but he remains on board as a producer with Sam Raimi at the helm this time. On Twitter, Derrickson was asked about his thoughts on the new trailer and, ever the class act, the filmmaker had nothing but kind words:

The trailer is great and of course I’m excited! I love Sam â€" he was the right director for this one, just as The Black Phone was the right film for me to go make. All is good. https://t.co/hksv0pDcPe

— N O S ⋊ Ɔ I ᴚ ᴚ Ǝ ᗡ ⊥ ⊥ O Ɔ S (@scottderrickson) February 14, 2022

It's nice that Derrickson has no hard feelings and that he went on to make his own film with "The Black Phone." Things appear amicable and the filmmaker has even said he'd be happy to work with Marvel Studios again in the future. It's genuinely nice this didn't get ugly and that everyone seems to be happy with the way it all turned out.